I want you to understand what I am trying to do when I do it, but I don’t trust you with my personal information. I want you to understand what I am trying to do when I am trying to do it, but you don’t have any useful information about me. I love learning new… Continue reading A mess of contradictions
Category: L&D
What (some) brilliant minds say about learning
This post is an extract from my regular newsletter. You can sign up to receive it here. Recent weeks have been busy with getting the Digital Learning Standards Forum up and running. Starting something new is not to be taken lightly. Time is easily consumed as there is nothing to hand upon which to build.… Continue reading What (some) brilliant minds say about learning
The Digital Learning Standards Forum gets underway
A summary of the first meeting of the Digital Learning Standards Forum. The purpose of the group, emerging priorities and ways of working.
Anyone can do L&D right? What’s to stop them?
Old yet immature The learning and development industry fascinates in many ways. Many years in and I still wonder how it can seem so established and yet immature at the same time. (Not that we are behaving immaturely, rather that our industry bares few of the hallmarks we might expect of maturity). In large part,… Continue reading Anyone can do L&D right? What’s to stop them?
What do we mean by learning? Whatever…
This post is an extract from my regular newsletter. You can sign up for it here. Language matters. But that much? The last issue briefly mentioned that I have spent some time over the last few weeks attempting to convene a conversation about developing standards for digital learning. This has required what, I believe, is… Continue reading What do we mean by learning? Whatever…
Should we treat learning like brand marketing?
Seth Godin is a provocative and quotable author. Feeling provoked, I will quote him here and ponder relevance to learning (as many have done before me). As an editorial note, this is very much pondering out loud. I’m interested to know what others think. I have underlined many sections of This Is Marketing over the… Continue reading Should we treat learning like brand marketing?
Behaviour science, L&D and habitual tools
How can we learn from developments in behavioural science in designing for learning? A summary of a recent discussion.
Learning Live 2022 – some first thoughts
First thoughts on Learning Live 2022: data and relationships are everything.
Beyond learning tech: a conversation about tools for behaviour change
What can we, as learning professionals, take from behavioural science? What kinds of tools should we use to bring behaviour change into our design objectives?
What should we envy about marketing in L&D?
[This is an extract from my regular newsletter (issue #11). You can subscribe here to catch future issues]. Those of you who follow the 10L interview series (yes, both of you) might have noted the enthusiasm for marketing as the profession from which L&D has most to learn and understand. There are some clear similarities:… Continue reading What should we envy about marketing in L&D?
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